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If UK doesn’t value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care
Sybil Msezane

If UK doesn’t value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care

Ministers have pledged to crack down on immigration. That’s leaving overseas care workers feeling undervalued when they should be celebrated, writes South African-born care worker Sybil Msezane

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis
Poverty

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis

The cost of living crisis is driving disadvantaged households further into poverty. These are the facts you need to know

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis
Child poverty

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis

Here’s what you need to know about children living below the breadline across the country

Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry
Music

Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry

How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline
Cost of living crisis

How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline

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Women who are sleeping rough are often hidden. It’s a much bigger problem than anyone thinks
Homelessness

Women who are sleeping rough are often hidden. It’s a much bigger problem than anyone thinks

Rachel Reeves’ plan to ‘rebuild Britain’ applauded by experts – but can Labour offer real change?
Labour

Rachel Reeves’ plan to ‘rebuild Britain’ applauded by experts – but can Labour offer real change?

Mum on universal credit felt ‘powerless’ watching her children cry as they were made homeless
End Housing Insecurity Now

Mum on universal credit felt ‘powerless’ watching her children cry as they were made homeless

National living wage to rise to £11 an hour – but experts say it’s not enough
National living wage

National living wage to rise to £11 an hour – but experts say it’s not enough

Big Issue urges prime minister to protect renters with bold Rishi’s Removals stunt
End Housing Insecurity Now

Big Issue urges prime minister to protect renters with bold Rishi’s Removals stunt

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
opinion

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

Our Growth Impact Fund is bringing social justice through opportunity
John Bird

Our Growth Impact Fund is bringing social justice through opportunity

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong
Learning disability week

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down’s syndrome
Learning Disability Week

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down’s syndrome

How to volunteer with the Big Issue
Volunteering

How to volunteer with the Big Issue

Succession eats the rich. Is it time British shows did the same? 
Succession

Succession eats the rich. Is it time British shows did the same? 

How can you cope with money worries in the cost of living crisis? We asked experts at leading mental health charities
Mental health

How can you cope with money worries in the cost of living crisis? We asked experts at leading mental health charities

Can Eurovision 2023 help Liverpool fight for a better future?
Eurovision 2023

Can Eurovision 2023 help Liverpool fight for a better future?

Tenants fight back against rising service charges
Housing

Tenants fight back against rising service charges

Popular Big Issue vendor seriously injured after being run over near his pitch
Our vendors

Popular Big Issue vendor seriously injured after being run over near his pitch

It’s time universal credit is paid differently so women in a controlling relationship can leave their abuser
Jess Southgate

It’s time universal credit is paid differently so women in a controlling relationship can leave their abuser

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Random Acts of Kindness: 11 ways to give kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness

Random Acts of Kindness: 11 ways to give kindness without spending money

The domestic violence charities supporting victims and survivors in the UK
Domestic violence

The domestic violence charities supporting victims and survivors in the UK

Police have no place in our schools
Dr Shabna Begum

Police have no place in our schools

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Refugees and asylum
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Refugees and asylum